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>*mv<*»r>*m< ass -4 ' A* long a* there remains the love of beauty in the hvmm soul, so lew will the floras, of- California scenery and tti»t of the Whole PacMe copst prove » soarSe-ftf inspiration-te the poetic mtodL jJworipfttv^ ^ijie lifts been from tte'te^Jijfttajg: ft marked feature of the literature of this region, to fact, the term \landscape poets\ msy^ be properly applM-^o th» bqvy of f pttg birds which seemed to the la,te Waurice Thompson to h8*e taken' -'-'cOmpleta- possession of the entire western sea- liWi f'lrifi ikiiiiriii'ni^i'l jiT'iii i IUI\M w i.«an rtjf/. SS3S! board;\ Suffice it to,say that if a Vol- fctohM be etonbedthepasture^eace, ume of verse were written by a Cali- fornlan whiqh reflected nothing of the atate'f aeenle beauty or its warmth of coior it would.not only come a» a. sur- prise tomest review^ but the loyalty of the poet Wight be seriously ques* tioned. Willi? all this display of Jpcal color may seem too apparent an. effort on the part of Californlans to place up- on theli* work the stfamp of a definite locality,' apd* may be considered by some * cheap form of art, It Is this very sensitiveness to beauty and grandeur with which, nature has clothed the, west that offers* the mo|t promise of iU rapid Jiteraiy advancement-ra sensi- tlvenees, moreover, that will become more and moro acute with the cultiva- tion of the higher faculties through tor creasing educational growth.—ficrbert Bashford in Atlantic. i All H«v« an Witch\ In Them. \Speaking of Servian names,\ said an observant man, \they are not so bad when yon once get used to them, nor are they so bard to pronounce. Too no doubt have noticed that all Ser- vian names end with a syllable bavins; soma resemblance to the English word 'itch.' Some e{ the name's end in 'tea* or Just with %' Sometimes it is <ich' or 'lea* or .flacb,' and «o on. 'If makes no difference how the name ends, you will make no mistake if yon give the sound of 'itch' to *!>e laat syllable, Thst will be the proper Servian sound, for Patrevlcb or JPetrovle would bo correct, and in both Instances tho word, would be pronounced to tho same way, by sounding the 'itch.* Servian names are «U right when one gots used to thtoi, but they ace strange and sboctt- -Ing when put info the columns of Eng- lish ,new»p»per*,''--New Orleans Tlmes- Dsraocrit, mna m J&au fKf \. , There la a. right way and a, wrong way ot breaking' n colt to baiter. T.M latter method is described by Sewell Pord }n \jforses Nine;\ Blue jBiaws, the colt to the stoiy, was owned by a jilchigan, fetter. He baa Seen fright- ened by the'first attempt to bridle Wto and had brol^eii away. He wee prompt ly declared to be a yieioqa colfc •'We'll tame biml\ said J?ara»er Per- kins* TJnder bis coat be hid a etout haitetan&A h&wy bull whip, a'hbni helding a grain measure temptingly b?. <3o«(» Tfcut WiKhtt A apecJei of tliowiid goat, tUt Capra rnppeU, bauni* the rocks of the Abys- sinian bjgbiandi and manages to hold its own aa to flight against at) enemies, with, tha aseeption of the fleet footed Jdckal, an adversary whose co-opera« tire tactic* and keenness of icent soakt Bight unavailing and have led the ca- pias to the conclusion that under cer- tsln clrcomstances valor may bo tho Nttsr part of dlscretton. The yelp of •s approaching horde of Jackals is therefore a signal for tnatant rally on ths part of tho goats. Tlio nannies crowd around their ktda, and tho buclis rash forward en masse, butting away With *. rage that lsys out a yelpor 'at •rory spring and makes tho survivors Stand back bowling and cowering. *«•«•»•*\«* Ii»»*l>ti-r o* DI«t«Uo». The efflency of Itugutcr as an aid to sMlmliation and alimentation has passed into such a common physiolog- leal truism that no one of ordinary in- tslllgsnc* needs to bam the principle upon which it works elucidated for bis understanding in these days of wide- ly disseminated dietetic knowledge, The average person who la not contin- uously «»to the dnmps' r knows from ox* psrlsnce that laughter to good for dl- gMtlon, saya What to Eat It should be borne to,, mind that mirth and good chstr nted not-express tbcmselvca in\ convulsive laughter In order to influ> •ace digestion. An amiable, contend •d, calm and equable temperament bas msrksd influenco upon the dlgeattv* procsatM without laughter. A SHrtr *ld*J«. Bnglisb tram cat companies use to counting the-ttondy taken in what is cabled a \ailvef riddle.\ Pour or five frames are plseed on the top ot each other, and a jrivsn quantity of mixed sflror is emptied in on to the topmost, aiiike the latter and all the pieces ex* cspt^tlie JBalf crotfiii will disappear through-the wire Dot arrangement on to the frame below. Shake frame No, $ and everything goes through except the florins, and thus the coins ar« even- tuilly exhausted down to the three- pinny piecea. ' >s«taa«« «*• ntilrsdt Kttiot. Kste, when two years old, was fund ef climbing. One day when her moth- er was. in an adjoiningijooin shecalisd •Jcciiedly: \ \Ob mamma, mamma, come qulckr Her mother, thinking she was In dan ger, hastened to her to find her stand' tog fluietlf besldi' the table. , . \Why did you -call that way?\ ebe •aid, \I. ttonsht you were falling.\ i'l wanted thai cflp; and I called yon that Way ao'you would hurry,\—tittle Chronicle, tVhy Johnnr Went to Bed Sayperlear \What ia the matter with this horse- radish, Maria?\ naked the father of the family;' \It looks' muWed up,\ . '%ti0M the reason they call it horse* jfadlto, papat» iriqhired! Johnny, HOT ofc UKQH to the horse a little While ago an' <he, wouldn't tottcb, tt^w^hicage SPriDhha, - In the toeaaure were oats, which he rattled -eeduefively. Also he\ called mildly and persuasively. Blue Biase? was suspicions. Four times be aWqwed the farmer to come' almost within reaching diatance, only totwrn and bolt with a snort of alarm Just at the cru- cial moment At lastheconcluded that he must have Just one taste of those oats, \Come coltiei Nice coltlel\ cooe'd the man to a strained but conciliating voice. Blue Blaief planted himself for a sudden wbirj, atretchedhis neck aafar as possible and worked his upper Up inquiringly. The smell of the oats lured Mm on. Hardly bad be touched bis nose to the grain before the ineijs- too wp dropped, and he found himself roug|ly grabbed by the forelock. In a moment be saw the hated strops and ropes. Before be could break away tho halter wna aro'uud hia neck and buckled firmly. Farmer Perkins changed hia tone. \Now you xrgly little brute, I've got you! [Jcrk.2 Blastyour wicked hidol [Slash.] You will, will you? [Sank,] I'lll'arnyonl\ fcsiasb.j Wan and colt were almost exhausted when the \lesson\ was finished. It left Blue Binwa riagcd with welts, trembling, fright sickened. Never again would he trust himself within reach of those men; no, not if they of- fered him a whole bushel of oats, ~ : Raw to Sell Ooo*». ' \ ,v on must know how to talk with a customer so that she will bny,» Is one of tho thing* tho buyer says over and over spin to hia IccWrcs down in tie basomont. Even when the girl ta be- hind the counter at work the buyer will often stop up and give her a bint For instance, be will give a now name to an old piece of good*. There la ev- erything in a name. He canso up to me one day and said, 'Call that lino ot goods the Marlborough,' and it was not long before I bad sold tlio entire acock. The swoller m name is the better, of course. Cumberland pins will sell much better than plain pins even If they are the same thing. French names are much In vogue, too, and they arc some- times coined. Names taken from swell aports are also very good sellers. .An- other thing, of course, which helps s girl sell tho goods is genuine knowl- edge of them.**—Leslie's MonOdv Tfce Pate of HannMudt, Hannibal's lifo and fato were su- premely great and sad. Bo was a pa- triot who bad only the best interests ot bis country at heart In the wars of Carthage against Borne ho carried MM armies across the strait of Gi- braltar, over the Alps and into Italy to the very gates of Rome. For more than a score of years he remained there, supporting hia forces upon tbt enemy and proving hftnsclf to be such a literal and lasting scourge that the Roman mothers would quiet their children with the sound of hia dreaded name. Finally, when old to years and ho was driven forth and defeated, he bad made a record in Its way unparalleled throughout the an- nals of ancient warfare. . Set In bis old age he became a -fugitive, wandering from one country to the other and finding no rest, owing to the vindictive persecutions of the Romans, who were then all powerful. At last, discovering no spot on earth open to him aa a refuge, deserted by hia former friendsi bis country en- slaved and hia once imperial native city to ruins, he gave way to despair and *nded his life with poison. Th« «To*« o' Bedlams,\ In the old daya, when the supply of lunatics exceeded their accommodation at Bethlehem hospital, the difficulty wa» not met oy the building of tempo- rary annexes, but by the admission of outdoor patients, who went, by the name ot Tom o' Bedlams. As an old chronicle tells us: \They had on their left arm an armllla of tin about four inches long. They wore about their necks a great horn of an ox in a string or bawdry, which wben they came to a house for alms they did wind, and they did put tho drink given them into this horn, whereto they did put a stoSpIe.\ It Was found, however, '.'that several vagrant persona do wander 1 about the city of tendon and countries, pretend- ing themselves to be lunatics under cure to the hospital of Bethlehem, with brass plates about their arms and in- scripttons thereon,\ *hd these occasion- al patients had to consequence to bs abolished in 1075.—London Chronicle. 3S3EE30S5 :fit»k*r *w» iforttiite* wate Wade Ui tfie- Ci»u<?a 'gtafos*. in J8$> P. T.Baraum, the great showman, journeyed to the Faeifle coast to visit a relative. On Ms way ; baek east ho stopped at Kansas City : to see the; great Barnnm &Bailey show th>t 'was then exhibiting in that city, The then press agent of the Bamum & Bailey show, Bert IDavis, Introduced , to. Mx r BarnUm the editors of ,tbe ideal dailies at the former's hotel. In the course'\ettba conversation which aat- u?atiy' followed. Hr. Barnum ?aids \Gentlemen Mr. Bailey tells me that my ipflreBenco fttthe performances of tht JBaranm & Bailey circus is.worth ?5,9O0 a day ta the show.; If this is true, it Is jay name that Is BO valuable. It i? kno/vvn in every town, city and hamlet; it baa become a household word thronghout the country. Now, gentle- men^ all of this was done by newspa- pers, and if advertising can make a name worth JS.OOO a day, what is it that advertising can't do?\ Before Teats, the wall paper man, died In 1002 ti« was at the head of a mammoth paper concern doing a busi- ness of $16,000,000 a year. let in 4801 Peats was running a small establish- ment for the sale of wall paper.to the retail trade on Madison street, Chica- go. What was the secret of his won- derful adranco in tbe wall paper busi- ness in cdiuparnilvely so short a while? It Was udvel'UdilitJ. A at-wsjittpur juuu in 1802 Induced him to erpriimiU ivkh i/riotera' Ink, The result was profitable. Peats didn't Bee that he conld have too much of a good thing, so lie increased his adver* Using appropriation and as his profits doubled he doubled bis space to the nowspapcra and periodicals, and as his advertising iucrenaed hia business jfrew. Thui ho reached tho enormous volume of 515,000,000 a year by the arithmetical progression of wideawake advertising, in the language of F. T. Bajrnum, himself one of the most ex. tensive advertisers the world has ev*r known, \If adverthuns can do this, what is It that It can't do?\-Detroll CraondilM to Water. The crocodiles are thoroughly aquatfe la their habits, and their peculiar con- formation enable* them to attack and seise tfteir prey unawares. Their nos- trils, wJWcb lead by a lone canal to thi back part of tltclr throats, their eyes and thcte-eara are placed on the 1 upper part of tho head, so that when in the water fJbey can breathe, see and hoar, ffbllo ttoey are themselves) practically Invisible. When they dive* their nos- trils audi ears are closed by lids oi talve*, said their eyes are covered by a trflHsparentnktitatlugmcmbrane, They are furflier furnished with an arrange- ment wWch prevents the water from getting down their own throats whea they are holding large animals under tho water to drown them. Tbe dentiuoa of those reptiles is pe- culiar. Tht> teeth are sharp and con- ical and are hollow at the base, and each tooths serves as the sheath of ait- other, whdeh win In tunc replace it Tho tongme—for notwithstanding Jht ancient t?«tiof tho crocodile does po* scsn a tongue—is fleshy and Is attaches: to the bottom of tlio msuth. And final- ly tho lower Jaw Is Waged at the very back of the skull, thus giving the ani- mal Its extraordinary gape and also tha peculiar appearance which caused tb« notion that it moved Its uoner law. saeceurstX. SdicracTlntW». Work** by Two lluttsry Hu, \One of the cleverest 'grafts,' I ever saw was -worked the other day In a quick lUncb restaurant on Park row,\ said tho Observer. \1 noticed two men Calking earnestly Just below the place (SI was going In to get my lunch, One of them followed me In and took a scat Just below me at tho table. A few sec- onds later *he other entered and took a •eat just opposite his friend, whom he lid not appear to know. The first man srdered a very extensive dinner, com-, menclng with soup and ending with charlotte rasso and coffee. He got tha very best that the place could afford, and his check for $1M was placed In front of him. The other man took bis time about ordering, taking corned beef and beans—10 cents* westh, ate Check was placed In the cehter of the table, between the two men. \Number one ate hastily and finished P/st. He sot up, put on his hat and then calmly picked'up the'ten cent .check that belonged to his friend. Without turning n hair he went to the aesk, paid lO cents and walked out A few minutes later number two, who bad been reading the paper, prepared to leave'and took pp the remaining check. He appeared greatly surprised arid called the waiter, asking- for an explanation, trhere was nothing for the knight of thei napkin to do but give the man a new ten cent check, as it was Tery evident that h& had hot eaten f li85 worth of food. I suppose that the two met outside and at theinext plac* visited number two got the \square\ 1neal.-NeW 3Cork Mall and Express. i.tya^i.tfl*-. SSK *t**? 0ne day'ai tneBwteof \WelMnslH sat writing at hi* library table oulte, alone his door was »ac(d«nly opened without a knock or anuouncement «f «fiy sort, andiflistalked a gount roan, who stoodr before the commander to chief with hi* feat:«>a asnd a savage ex- pression of coujatenance.i SCherdiks, was of eorj«*f«\«j r jlftie »r«oyed at such an unceremonloui^.lnterruptlon^anfl. A writer of Samoa* Vrfws Sn»nVfatei'. t eating way Of tb'e iiaTdsjiXttlefeilojv* apoiit two inches long, prerSiy coloyo^ iiii^^r^r^cii^piir (Sot Nearly* 'So'-M4oT;;1'aifce*r , JfftWiw &a#m .<**. •JP'liig*'Va**' to '**,\: \ Brides are probably Jnst as beautiful in a light and 'dark shade of brown.' now as.ever they were,..bMt they ,8*9 looking up, Jta'isw \I am BionysJUs,'\' answer, \Well \ionr life,\ \Mji : sent to kill yoiir\ ?bo are £o»|* jhjgtilslr> l?ant?^ 'Test. I am \tfery odd,\ 1 said the duke, sitting back and calraiy fens' tog at the Intruder. /**Nof stall, fori am Olonyslus,\ sahHbe stranger* \and I must put you to \^eatlu\ \Are yew Obliged to perform this duty todsyr asked the 0rnmandte^n chief. \I aai rety busy Just now lind have a large number of letters to write, it would be very inconvenient today.'' The vis. Iter loked hard during a moraentjs pause. \Call again,'* continued thjs duke, \or write and.makean appoint ment\ \Xonll be'ready?\' \Wlthou fail,\ was the reply. The maniac, awed doubtless by the stern old sol- dier, backed out of the room without further words and tMt an hour latof Was safe in bedlam, SAYINGS OF THE WISE. >• The eyes of of her people, are the eyisa that ruto us,—Franklin. If you would know and not bt known, live in a dry>-Oo!ton. The way of the world is to mak| laws, but follow customa.! r Montaigne| We carry happiness torn our coad^ tion, but cannothope teflhd it there.-* Holmes. . j Prosperity is no Just scale, Adver. - aity Is the only balance to weigh frlendsi—-Plutarch* - •Children are unconscious phjlosoi phers. They refuss to pull to pieces^ their enjoyments to-sse what they are madeof.—Henry.Ward Beecber. t Energy will do anythln|f that can b^ done to this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two legged animal a man with'' out it,—Goethe, * Great, ever fruitful, profitable for re- proof, for encouragement, for building op to manful purposes ststd works, an m» words of those that ta their day! wtrsmao.—C*rlyl». They can rtw-apk jvMow pane ynit^-.uot nearly so anSJous Jo,record-.their as easily \as ca*iMe\aIes on whicl Hiey. Sostntintial loveiinesss^^by^^meawsofpho^ xeedi \'\• • V tographs. Sfest photographers say flSey \When alarmjSdi the lizards are off- are'glad ©fit - ' .*-'' : like a flash of %ht and wiU talce^h>j , »inevei-fltdenjoy takingthepl*4ures tnost reckless leaps, 1 have seen them,- qt .brides,\ a photoiprapher* \juike Jandsafe.at the«pdef a twenty foot all'thetestof the'wotld', ilovettet'dear Jnjnp, , : %et wh&a cornered they have creatures, put when it somes #owa to no hesitation in snapping off the; most :of their talis. s \That was a maddening pn??le to my small cat, Thejaight of a uw'o any- where was,art ininie4Jate clwUcnge is the kitten.. She Wouitf immediately $& a dozen commetcjaiisin they do not satisfymy artistie instinet?!,. Fewhrldes toie a giood ptcturss Somehow their togs are a°* becoming. -Jt bride is suit posed to look auperiatlve^ iovely on her woddtog doy 4 but if anybody dared start on thfe hunt, ^oA the most part a toteli xbe'trpth on the subject that su- frultless chase f for the - Uf8o ilaftrd perstltlon soon would-be exploded and conld skulk off faster than two catj the sweet things Vvould realise that ih- ohuld pursue, Yef when the latten-d.d • gtead oi ^kiug their best on that oc- auceeediw landing on the.tted tber*> : | /C8 j rt ^- TOtt of fr^ are apt to look followed a scene of bewilderment., Q,^ W0Mt , lt tt th e wm ^^ whw The mo'o invariably suappod off its tJley wm © to be photographed to their weddlnir finery. They -are either too pale or too red, and they hafe a nerv- ous, anxious expression that robs the face of all good lines \for photographle purposes. \The time was when no bride consid- ered herself really married \until she had arrayed herself to spotless white and had her picture'tekep. Generally 'he* came with her, and 'he* looked Just tail, Which was letft wriijgling in one part of the veranda, while the ilaurd ran off a short distance and awaited de- velopments. \The kitten.never knew whether to catch the llaard or the tall. If the nio'o moved, the kitten went for it, but she always stopped shor^ to keep an eye on the wrtggles of tIi6.Jfn|l. Aa soon 4» She turned back to 'take care of the SMSSW ^.r^« n ; l ,!:\l t ?' about „ foolish ai she did. Goodness. be looked after, Hundreds of times I have watched the djtenuaa, and the ending was always the same-^-the Ha- ard got away and the kitten bad to be content with the bony.tnll. But there were lots of lizards, about my huuse sprouting new tails.\ -* Youth's Com- panion. TPfcy Itesrofs C«a Hear He«t. I The function ot* negro's black skin $£\£ n Zy'welmttow' to supposed to be tbe convHsrston of the BUCce eded In prevehOnr' sun't light Into beat The heat thai --• - — - * generated remains to the skin and doa| not penetrate.to the deeper tt^nes, Betel thus provided with a sun proof armor, tha negro can sland an amount of heat that would be fatal to a white man and run llttla «r no risk of sun. stroke. \* I» MIsrat|«a «• l»*tl»»tT Oats and dogs travel almost Ineredl- bla distances to their homes orsr a route never traversed ljnt ones, and that once, often with eyac blinded. If nature has planted in them «n Instinct so nearly resembling tbe governing canse of migration aroonar birds, why may we not look to instinct as the cause of the annual fllrbt? They ay direct from one perch to smother with- out hesitation, or deity, and often the young birds precede tha old ones. Their habit has been the causa oflmany beau- tiful poems, and poet and moralist alike have found an Inspiration la tbale ykrly Journeys, and, to filer, even to- tJi» most prosaic Imsgination there is limothing to their mysterious goings sad comings which speaks to tbe soul. We are unmistakably taught by them thst thereto a power higher and stron- i cr than any we have known as a part f this earth, a power which Is not la- tent and unused, or, when discovered, Used and controlled by xoau, as the power of electricity and steam, but a power In active operation controlling and compelling obedience. • A taastfer Snaxiae. Sot-Sunrise of si beautiful morning *• * sight of wblcl* J nefer'Weary. Efa-Oh, but yon should .see mel \Why* X pass whole days looking at Ifc —ligaro. the trouble X have haft posing brides and bridegrooms before the camera! Instead of telling them to look pleas- ant I always felt like saying, 'Don't look idiotic if you can possibly help it,' and then I would\ have to think hp some device to keep her f rom scrouglng down too close against his shoulder and to keep ; him from responding with an equally Inappropriate embrace, But I* never fully their acting like lunatics. The othec day when look- ing over a lot of old negatives J came across several hundred of those senti- mental combinations, and I thanked my lucky stars that nowadays few newly mated couples have the camera cn»eV'—Chicago Itecord-Eterald. POULTRY POINTERS. XieVa** Xxea«». H*-Xeu passed m« without spsafe tactome. fihf-Oh, X must have been thlaktog about you. Criticism* HI* Oyro. *Bur, my dear husband, it really la unjust of you to abuse mothera-ln-Jaw to, There are good ones;''; \Well welii haver mind. Baidanythtog against yours, ifs onl/ rnlneii'm ;grumbimg aboutf—Bolton 'tfnlvfiier*' .-.,:, •;•'• -i- • -I.-,.jLau^. / Don't guy peSpk Ifs not mucn fun fOr yflurand the people whom you guy Will hate you and la? for a chance to fat ev«a.-^4tcbIa.on Qiob*. Antmala «ma JUla. It seetns strange that no animal, un- less it be the squirrel, Beems to l.ulld it. Self a shelter with the express object of keeping off the rain, which they all io touch dislike, Monkeys are misera- ble to Wet and could easily build shel- ters If ti»ey had the sense to do so. \As the creatures hop disconsolately along to the. rain,\ writes Mr. Kipliag in bis \Beast ana Man'In India,\ \or crouch oti branches,-with dripping backs set ,1 against the tree trunJ^s Shelter from 1 haven't « drivinlf storm, they have the air of being very sorry for themselves.\ B# even the orang otitang, which builds a small platform In the trees on which to sleep at jiight, hever seems to think ef a roof, though the Dyoks say that .whenit is very west lt covers itself With the leaves of the pondonus, a large ftraAiiOndonSpectator. Qalcrlc Chnnse Artist. \Maria began Mr. Stubb, \last night t played poker, ttnd'Lr- \Played poker!\ interrupted Mrs. Stnbb. \How dare you speuA your money gambling, sir?\ \AS I war saying, I played poker and won enough to buy you\— \You did? Oh, John, you are so good! i kmw those sharps cbiild not get. thi best of you.'*' \And JuBt as I was about to quit I dropped it all and fifty more\-^- \You brute! To think I should have Carried a ganablerl\—Ohlcaao News, A town Under Ojte Hoof. What would the ordinary woman sqy to a family that used every day 20,000: napkins, i2.qoo towels, 3,800 sheets, 20,00.0 plates and 18,000 knives. and forks? Tuts is what Is required by one of the large botels In New York, at' which a man cannot live for much less than?Saday. *Thehotel will accommo- date g,000people, besides 1,500 servants to iff ait on thena.^-Youth's Companion, 0*t«atal |«m«ttwnt, Most artists depicting the cast show men slittogr crosslegged, tailor fashion. Easterners don't ait like that. .TJsualiy they stick their calves beneath them, sit on their heels and with the soles of tho feet pointed upward, a painful pos- ture for an occidental. The Hindoo usually rests on his haunches, wlth.hjs knees pyramid style and his chin on their level. Try that attitude ton min- utes and seeboW you like it. Traveling- eastward, as soon as you touch Turkey you reach a district, where sitting on the floor Is the custom.' You may then Journey on fot thou- sands of miles, also north and south, and the millions in that region are alt* floor squatters. When yod arrive to' China, however, then yon are among other millions who sit on chairs. Go over to Japan, and then yon get among squatters again. The question Jsi Why Should the Chinese, among all the jaa* tiona of the east, use chairst. ,. fu*«sr»t*v jiettar TbrtJt Mil*. . The cure for the bilious man is a clbwn, not pills. Por Indigestion go to a show where there are one ortwoHittt class fcois who know how to make ^monkeys\ of ithemselvei, The fun, however, should be clean, innocent, harmless and hearty, with «a sugges-* tion of Indecency or vulgarity,«In oth- er Wordsj«tbe fun shodld,be \hygienic Pun that is foul ahd malodorous IS* un. healthfuL ' The best sort of fun l^or the ^fspon- tic is the fun*toat ; buries4aea the fofc lies and foibles ofthe; c^tf• , *ctlaracter8' , you have met If you o^nft find ithe. •hqw with the DUriesqtfe}\aW8to^\rho can make you laugh, \teelc out compan- ions who are Jbily\aTpd^ha:Jm6js the art of clowhihg.. - - Bcraf let any; half baked^adlot load your mind with his buslnassc^iomes-' tic troubles. When you.get two front the desk or storefflBandon yourself Willingly and cheeriaBy iotb/e, frtvolittes of a Jdcuiar fHieindi—Whatto Bat. , •' / - ' - jtailars -of so many- bright, capable younr men that,'lxiJng put into a cer- tain workday rut, they make no effort to climb or even crawl out of It They do aot seek the wofle that is not rou- ,tln» and go beyond tbe k tcrms of the bond to search of additional labor in .seder to attract the approving notice ,of their employors; tbey do not go to their posts before or remain at th'era after the fixed hour; they are content to do enough, and no more than enough, fto earn their hire. The life of the av- jiraga clerk la generally genteel, easy. Cleanly. ECe need not soil his bands' his clothes, and bis ambition Is sat- m . with these pleasant condtuona-- idelphia ledger. ! B«Hk«. In the matter otblrtha lu general the popular months in their order are Jan- uary, March, February, April and Oc- |ober. As to tho hour of birth, from aildnlght.to 6 o'clock to the morning asher* to 20.5 per cent of the children, from 6 In tbe jflorntog to noon 24.5 per cent are born, from noon to 0 o'clock In the evening 22 per eent nnd from fl o'clock to midnight 24 per cent As to the classes arranged according to worldly-wealth and without regard to occupation, it has been asaerted.that 100 rich fanfllieawill Bave*313 children, 100 families of moderate means Will have SCO ehjhtesa, wMIe ISO poor tarn- iUes Will have 8T6 children. In gSneral, there Is a tendency among young cou- ples toward rnaie children and of mid die aged parents to female offspring. Stale bread soaked to milk and squeezed dry Is a good feed for young ducks. , Only medium sited eggs should be set. Extra large or small ones are apt to produce deformext chicks, . Turkeys are hot so sure to come homeas ether fowls; hence it Is a good plan to mark them In some way. Peed the young chicks often if you would have them growing rapidly, but w»yMa»?restaurM«»Hsu* , .. , -. . „- .-, - •*. It Is the fault and the cause of the do no| feed more at a time than, they wilt eatnp clean In a few minutes. Destroy the old nests as soon as the hens come off with the chicks. The safest and best pfan Is to burn all of tho old material. * Healthy fowls pick up their food quickly and relish it. When they go at it lastly, pick up-a grata or twd and then stop something is wrong. ; Never shut the fowls up to such doss quarters that they cannot take enough exercise to promote digestion. Hens treated in this Way will soon become •too uA titles' ' . Fuel I » A«cle*t Rams. The f nel of the ancient Romans was almost exclusively chat-coal, .This was burned in open pans, without grate or flue,-and gave economical heat for liv- ing rooms and baths. Careful experi- ment has shown that sucl^flres yield no considerable amount of dangerous carbonic oxide. The toconvenleace of chimneys was avoided, the heat could be easily regulated, and ajpan with a burning surface sufficed to heat a Church seating 2,060 people. '\Who made the mottori to adjourn this meetings\ asked-, the inquisitive chap after the freeforail battle was over. \Well I ain't sure,\ replied Cactus Jin, \but i reckhi it was frairtriggei CaarKty. I seen him make one at Three Ptogered-Ike—with a gua-^and tbattherush^for\ open air come.\ ctonatl Coninierclal Tribune. tt»fe-Mflt«*|fc ..-. Emei~Wbat do you jUdnk; *i l'^ landscape, aunty? * Aipnt.Hanit^4Wejl*-«rwi *jtfi think so much of,the trees, tttttiiil grapevtoe'is-pretty ^good,---- Bthel^-Grapevtoe? ^.Why, dear, that is the artistfs signature.r-Philadelphia Record. i - M«ndbur Fmrmitnre. When you wish td. mend a pifeceof fiurniture,„melt only, as touch glue,as .yea think will be needed. Break all the dry-glue. Into the pot, cover With cold water, haif fill tbe ^yatec. bath trpund it tod ad*d salt to talse the bolUnr point of the> batbt' BoJI Until- aths floe- i* clear and ropy. Thin for; ^^^^m^tH^^'M^ aa or .ifhOm.Was * ^odtor arid the; other * : clergyman^,,Of. whom\ be iwas, teiy .pt^d,, ,\tf tlad kent'^aaid he, ^'thst an* of, toy. sons was. to be a. medical aian'and the other a meeniste^l would aafejphae;had euld Jenny McCosh fci -tttfr-toitasfcy-;•.->,; ••, ; \•. '•:•.' - ^•\To imprpve the appetite and str^ngtb.ea the digeattcsn/ try a few dofsBs cif CtoinbetMn^S^macliiaiicd' liver Tableii ' & X' B Seitz; of Detroit; Mich,, says, /\JT%y igstorpd. toy mp etite, Wa#imp4ired, klieved mw& Woated: ,fee|ip/5 mi mnm$. ;& ; Jjje&sarii /and satisfaetdry Uiofe- toerjt ^f-tbe: ItioMsy;''' tTJiefo ate people ut this -community who M6d jubfe sttch''-al toOdJiciar^ i<'or stile b\ GharleaA, ti&tjk, Dnggist. iboi^«rau^(«nla4''l-' : : :l •\' : ' \ : A squall caught a party of tourists on a lake to Scotland and threatened tocapstee theij boat -When it seemed thftt the crisis' had really'come, the largest and strongest man to tbe party, to*^a^g:^i|afease fear, said, -Betu» pray.\ -\No no, my-man!\ shouted the bluif old bdatman. \tet the iitfifi mas pray. You take an oarl\-<Success. Xo Apoloar Keec*«srr. \3C congratulate you most \heartilyv'• said the ff^tsigfifed guest at the wed- .ding, \oh tha happy—Ob, I beg your pardon! 1 thought I was speaking to the pridegrpom,\ * ^Thafs ail.Wght,\ the other man re- plied. \I swept your congratulations. I am the father of the bride.'.*—Chicago Tribune. . ^ * „ rae r-oiato riamter. Offie potato, ^planter of .today would make- a farmer of a generation or so ago sit .up and rufi his eyesi It re- ouires that jthe jBotafoes be supplied, but will do all the. tojSt of its own to- Jtiativei- It picks thii potato up and looks it over^ or BeemS to, cuts it into halves, quarters' pr any tleSIred num- bed of parts, separates the eyes and removes theieedends, Jttpidritswhole potatoesof p>rte thereof,as desired as near; together or as far apart as thy 4udJ3neht of tfieffttmer On the driving seat suggests. Saying dropped the seed it covers tt, fertilisea it,;itucks U ip, like a child put to bed and paces' pfl ; the* Jaext rdw with mathematlcai..ae cffl;aw^Chic#go1ftaDtine. t > •- .',','• X«*er In tiie Umme. , • '>M t me,\slghed-the drugcierlt, \how women de-cmtngei'l ''• • ''Widt!s; .tangled. -16 your Wh«ls \howi\ askedthg boss/ v, . • •• . \WWi ,1 wits: dofng the courtship Stdht With '^oraelia,'' said-tbe d. c, ^'shedeelared that if I shonld-pass In iiny c|fecks\s«e ^ouidalSo d}e without delay*- And m,y'!-^ ,.,'..- ;. \-WeIl howt 1 ! queried the;boSS, '^B ha#.been mairried only sto toon^'' coRtln»iied tiie assistant pill rompuer, \Ani she is drO^ptog'hints, iiSirbundiftithea^ '^^'|ilgi^*4^iii^ ^e^ ' - •*%* w In a * Fit ! P k*Vl i HE rn 1 0 \ 61 S Old I for win picl -. wa; POPTI fori wb -by Fop int Stan Old »tm V,' Buy •' -it it readin be- oBl / for fivi $rack '.>?$',•$>&$ \••\ .stands ''•:h' '•l4fei,* , i ' •'.>-'':.'-••'.^ ?'-'•;-•. ,^p.a|a2 J..
